Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-27

killed was disguised az kuklux.
Mr.. Coke denied that, and said there
was not word OF truth in 1t.
Mr.. Hoar reasserted his statement.
Mr.. Salisbury protested against the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
being made the dumping-ground for
every scalawag who chose 10 go there
and make charges against his neigh
bors.
Mr.. Edmunds advocated the resolu-
ton.
Mr.. Eustis opposed IL as "a waving
of the bloody shirt little in advance
of the usual season" IL was simply a
proposition to make political capital.
Messrs. Hawley and Evarts advocated
the resolution.
Mr.. Salisbury offered an amendment
requiring the investigation to he con-
Quoted in Washington county, Texas.
Mr.. Hoar opposed the amendment.
The question should be left to the dis
cretion and judgment of the com
mitteee.
The amendment was reiected-yeas,
%; nays, 81.
Mr.. Call opposed the resolution as an
attack ON the very life of the Govern
ment and American institutions.
A vote was taken and the resolution
adopted--yeas 81, nays 26--as fol-
lows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Aldrich, Blair. Bowen. Chscc,
Cheney, Conger, Cullom, Edmunds, kvarts,
Farwel, Frye. Hale, Iiawley, Hoar, ingalls,,
Jones Of Nevada, Mcmillan, Malone, Mander-
son, Miller, Mitchell Of Pennsylvania, Morrill,.
Plat, Sabin, Sawyer, sewell, sherman, Spoon
err Teller, Williams, and Wilson of Iowa-3i.
NAYs.-Nossrrs. Beck. Berry, Blackburn.
Brown, Call, Coke Colquitt, Kustis, George,
Gibson, German, Cray, Hampton, Harris, Jones
Of Arkansas, Kenna, Mcpherson, Morgan.
Payne. Fugh. Ransom, salisbury. Vance, Vest,
Walthal. aud WhitthOrne-&
The Senate then resumed the cOnsid-
Grafton Of the bill to establish agricul-
tural experiment stations in connection
with agricultural colleges established
under the act of July2, 1862.
MIR. Morgan stated his objection to
the bill to be that it did not place any
control over the subject within the
power of the several States. He
thought that the control of agricultural
colleges and of the proposed expert
ment stations should be placed entirely
in the hands offhe States
After long discussion and the offer
ing of and voting on large number of
amendments, Mr.. Hawley offered sub
stitute for the bill, and, on his motion,
the bill and substitute were ordered to
be printed, and the matter went over
till tomorrow.
The railroad-attorney bill was then
taken up, and Mr.. Berry obtained the
floor to discuss it, but the Senate imme-
diately, at 4 80, went into secret session,
and when the doors were reOpened, ut
5:45, adjourned.
House OF Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House u
letter from the Secretary of the Treas
ury submitting the estimates of the
Secretary ofthe Interior ofappropriation
tomeet the expenditures required by the
Mexican pension bills. Referred. The
Secretary of the Interior estimates that
81, 663, lO4 will be required for the first
yearly payment of pensions, and asks
for the appropriation of S257, 900 for the
increase of the clerical force.
The Senate fisheries bill having been
laid before the House, on motion of Mr.
Belmont, il was referredto the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, and leave grant
ed that committee to report at any time.
The granting of leave to report at
any time required unanimous consent,
but there was apparently no disposition
on the part of any member to make an
objection. As it has been frequently
held that the right to report at any
time carries with it the right of imme-
diate consideration, the bill Will have
the right of way in the House as soon
as it has been passed upon by the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Bragg submitted the conference
report upon the army appropriation
bill, and it was agreed t..
On motion of Mr. CatchinGs, II bin
was passed providing for the holding Of
terms of the United States courts at
Vicksburg, Miss.
After brief struggle for precedence
between the plemo-pneunonia bill and
the river and harbor bill. the latter
proved successful and the House went
into Committee of the Whole on that
measure.
Mr.. Nelson, of Minnesota, offered
the following amendment rs a substitute
for the entire bill:
That the sum of 1900, 900 is hereby
appropriated ont of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated
which may he expended by the Board
of Engineers, consisting of the Chief
of Engineers and four engineers now
senior in service, either for the repair,
preservation, construction, or compile
ton Of such public Improvements of
rivers and harbors as shall i'll their
judgment afford practical and important
facilities by water of Interstate com
merce.
After long debate the substitute
was agreed to-140 to 27-and it was
reported to the House, and the previous
question was Ordered-yeas, l65; nays,
g.
Mr. Dinglcy, of Maine, rising to n
parliamentary inquiry, inquired the
effect of refusal on the part Of the
House to agree to the substitute.
The Speaker replied that the original
bill would then be before the House for
action.
Mr.. Dingley suggested that not one
line of that bill had been considered
in Committee of the Whole.
The Speaker replied that that was
matter over which he had no jurisdc-
ton. He must be governed by the re-
port of the Committee of the Whole,
which had reported the bill with re-
commentator that the substitute be
adopted. If that substitute were not
agreed to the question would be on or
dering the original bill to a third read
ing.
Mr. Willis hoped, i'll view of the
ruling, that the substitute would be re-
iected.
The substitute was rejected--ycas, l6;
NAYS. l76.